With the #1 overall pick, the Kansas City Chiefs decide to tread water at a non-impact position and save a few million on the salary cap.

That's literally all this comes down to. This is Clark saving a few bucks by not paying a veteran. That's all it is no matter how much rationalizing people want to do. We have the number one pick in the draft and instead of using it to acquire a playmaker at literally any impact position you can think of, we use it as a lever against a veteran lineman's contract.